British stars are once again showing them how it's done in Hollywood, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Taron Egerton and Sir Sam Mendes among the big winners at this year's Golden Globes.

A year after her awards season sweep for her role in The Favourite, Colmanis once again a winner for another royal role in 2020 - this time in the TV category, for her portrayal of the Queen in The Crown.

Following several awards at the Emmys last year, Fleabag writer and star Waller-Bridge has been named best actress in a TV comedy at the Globes, while the British sitcom is also this year's best TV series (musical comedy) winner.

In the film categories, Mendes' war epic 1917 was named best drama and also won him the award for best director.

Egerton picked up the best actor (musical or comedy) prize for his portrayal of Sir Elton John in Rocketman - with the singer himself also adding to the British haul with a win in the best original song category.

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Elsewhere in the big screen categories, Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood was named best musical or comedy and was the biggest winner overall, with awards for Brad Pitt for best supporting actor, and best screenplay for Quentin Tarantino.

Joaquin Phoenix (Joker), Renee Zellweger (Judy) and Awkwafina (The Farewell) were the three other winners in the main acting categories.

Despite Netflixdominating the conversation ahead of the ceremony, with 11 nominations in total for its two major contenders Marriage Story and The Irishman, the streaming service picked up just one award - best supporting actress, for Marriage Story's Laura Dern.

Other big TV winners included Sky shows Succession and Chernobyl, with media satire Succession named best TV drama and its star Brian Cox, another British actor, winning the best actor in a TV drama prize. Chernobyl picked up the best limited series made for television prize, while star Stellan Skarsgard won the supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie award.

On stage, a shocked Colman said she "had money on this not happening" as she accepted her award.

"For the last year I feel I've been living someone else's life and now I feel I've won someone else's award," she said.

"I've had the loveliest time doing this. To all my fellow nominees, I don't really know what to say because I already got a little bit boozy because I thought this wasn't going to happen."

Image:Scarlett Johansson and Taylor Swift (below) were among the nominees on the red carpet

Waller-Bridge thanked former US president Barack Obama for naming the show on his list of best film and TV of 2019 - and made a cheeky reference to his unexpected appearance in the first series.

"Personally I would like to thank Obama for putting us on his list; as some of you may know, he has always been on mine.

"And if you don't get that, please watch season one of Fleabag really, really quickly."

Speaking to reporters backstage, the star said she would be auctioning off her outfit for the night, a gold sequinned trouser suit, to raise money for the aid effort for the bushfires in Australia.

Image:Best actress (musical or comedy) winner Awkwafina

Image:Rocketman Elton John won the prize for best original song

Mendes, who won the best director award over nominees including Martin Scorsese, for The Irishman, and Tarantino, for Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, said the win came "as a big surprise" as he collected it in on stage.

"There is a not a director in this room, not in the world, that is not in the shadow of Martin Scorsese," he said.

Mendes dedicated the prize to his grandfather Alfred, who inspired the film, saying: "He signed up for the First World War aged 17 and he is looking down on us and I fervently hope it never happens again."

Image:Brad Pitt picked up the best supporting actor prize for his role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Egerton looked emotional as he accepted his award, saying playing Elton John has changed his life.

He also thanked David Furnish for believing "I could play your husband" and added: "To Elton John, thank you for the music, for living a life less ordinary and thank you for being my friend."

Hosting the ceremony, British comedian Ricky Gervais lived up to his reputation for controversy, with an opening monologue containing jokes about Prince Andrew and James Corden, as well as a lewd gag about Dame Judi Dench.

Image:Joaquin Phoenix was named best actor in a drama film, while Renee Zellweger (below) won the best actress award

And there were big cheers for two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who was given the lifetime achievement Cecil B DeMille award in recognition of his four-decade career in entertainment.

A video package of clips began with his guest-starring role in the 1980s television series The Love Boat and went on to include his star turns in films such as Big and Forrest Gump.

"It's those moments as an actor where everybody I have ever worked with has helped me get to that place," Hanks said.

"Sometimes it's 3 o'clock in the morning and sometimes it's 11 at night, in which you just have to somehow put it all together, have faith in what the process is and go there."

Other winners including Korean film Parasite, which was named best foreign language film, while Missing Link fended off competition from Disney heavyweights Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 to take the animated film prize.